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The Dark Money Files

The Dark Money Files

Hosted by Graham Barrow and Ray Blake

Episodes

153

Latest episode

Jun 2026

Language

EN-GB

About the show

A series of podcasts which explain to a non-technical audience how "Dark Money" (e.g. money laundering, corruption, bribery, tax evasion) enters the financial system and infects everything it touches.

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June 9, 2026Episode 415 min

Document or detect?

We take a look at the effect of human behaviour on our ability to stop criminals gaining access to the financial system and why that system is more likely to produce comprehensive documents than effective detection.Send us Fan MailSupport the showFollow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-dark-money-files-ltd/ on Twitter at  https://twitter.com/dark_files or see our website at https://www.thedarkmoneyfiles.com/

May 13, 202626 min

The verification game

We look at the role of Authorised Corporate Service Providers (ACSPs) in the new regime at Companies House and explain why understanding both its strengths and weaknesses is important to anyone responsible for onboarding or monitoring UK companies, wherever in the world you work.Send us Fan MailSupport the showFollow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-dark-money-files-ltd/ on Twitter at  https://twitter.com/dark_files or see our website at https://www.thedarkmoneyfiles.com/

April 15, 2026Episode 219 min

Is Companies House an economic bellwether?

One for the geeks! Changes in company formation levels are often use to justify/criticise different governments' economic policies.We go behind the headline figures to see if this is justified or not (HINT: not!).Send us Fan MailSupport the showFollow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-dark-money-files-ltd/ on Twitter at  https://twitter.com/dark_files or see our website at https://www.thedarkmoneyfiles.com/

March 10, 2026Episode 121 min

Happy birthday OFSI

Ten years after the creation of the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, we look at how the UK sanctions regime has evolved—from early uncertainty to strict liability enforcement, sanctions list complexity, and the growing expectations on the private sector. Send us Fan MailSupport the showFollow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-dark-money-files-ltd/ on Twitter at  https://twitter.com/dark_files or see our website at https://www.thedarkmoneyfiles.com/

February 9, 2026Episode 1324 min

It's a grey(list) area

Today we tackle some colourful risk lists or, to be a bit more precise, some black and grey ones, along with some strange differentials. Like how come the UK has a high risk third country list when there are no second countries in sight?Send us Fan MailSupport the showFollow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-dark-money-files-ltd/ on Twitter at  https://twitter.com/dark_files or see our website at https://www.thedarkmoneyfiles.com/

January 9, 2026Episode 1213 min

Crime on the high street - part two

In the second of a two part, end of year podcast, we continue to explain how we helped with a major BBC investigation into crime on the high street, involving the sale of illicit cigarettes and vapes, modern human slavery, people trafficking, tax evasion, corruption and money laundering.In this episode, undercover filming unearths a shocking story and we explain our part in finding some of the protagonists involved.Send us Fan MailSupport the showFollow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-dark-money-files-ltd/ on Twitter at  https://twitter.com/dark_files or see our website at https://www.thedarkmoneyfiles.com/

December 29, 2025Episode 1116 min

Crime on the high street - part one

In the first of a two part, end of year episode, we explain how we helped with a major BBC investigation into crime on the high street, involving the sale of illicit cigarettes and vapes, modern human slavery, people trafficking, tax evasion, corruption and money laundering.Send us Fan MailSupport the showFollow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-dark-money-files-ltd/ on Twitter at  https://twitter.com/dark_files or see our website at https://www.thedarkmoneyfiles.com/

December 8, 2025Episode 1016 min

A fine fanfare - Coinbase and JP Morgan SE

We examine two recent final notices issued by two different regulators relating to two quite different enterprises and find a surprising amount of commonality in their thinking.Send us Fan MailSupport the showFollow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-dark-money-files-ltd/ on Twitter at  https://twitter.com/dark_files or see our website at https://www.thedarkmoneyfiles.com/

October 24, 2025Episode 929 min

The Dark Money Files meets (Episode 1)... The Laundry

In the first of a new, occasional series, in which we sit down and chat to fellow anti-financial crime professionals, we kick off with Marit Rødevand from Strise to talk about AI and other new fangled gizmos.Send us Fan MailSupport the showFollow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-dark-money-files-ltd/ on Twitter at  https://twitter.com/dark_files or see our website at https://www.thedarkmoneyfiles.com/

October 9, 2025Episode 821 min

Policing the corporate landscape - the role of The Insolvency Service

The UK Insolvency Service does a lot more than just oversee insolvencies and, in a recently published five year strategy document, they outlined some ambitious future goals which we thought were well worth a conversation.So we had one!Send us Fan MailSupport the showFollow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-dark-money-files-ltd/ on Twitter at  https://twitter.com/dark_files or see our website at https://www.thedarkmoneyfiles.com/

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